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Aaron Harrison Cragin

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Born: February 3, 1821

Birthplace: Weston, Vermont

Father: Aaron Cragin 1796 – 1881

Mother: Sarah Whitney 1799 – 1865

Wife: Isabella T. Tuller 1827 – 1897
(Buried: School Street Cemetery, Lebanon, New Hampshire)​

Children:

Henry Wilton Cragin 1849 – 1909​

Political Party: American Party and Republican Party

Occupation before War:


1847 – 1855: Attorney in Lebanon, New Hampshire​
1852 – 1855: New Hampshire State Representative​
1855 – 1859: United States Congressman from New Hampshire​
1855 – 1857: House Chairman of War Department Expenditures​
1855 – 1857: Member of House Revolutionary Claims Committee​
1859: New Hampshire State Representative​
1859 – 1865: Attorney in Lebanon, New Hampshire​

Civil War Career:

1865 – 1877: United States Senator from New Hampshire​
1865 – 1867: Senate Chairman of Engrossed Bills Committee​

Occupation after War:

1865 – 1877: Member of Senate Territories Committee​
1867 – 1871: Senate Chairman of Audit & Control of Expense​
1868: Argued against delaying the expansion of Suffrage.​
1868: Voted in favor of impeaching President Andrew Johnson.​
1869 – 1871: Senate Chairman of Naval Affairs Committee​
1873 – 1875: Senate Chairman of Naval Affairs Committee​
1873 – 1877: Senate Chairman of Railroads Committee​
1877 – 1879: Chairman of Purchase of Hot Springs Reservation​

Died: May 10, 1898

Place of Death: Washington, D.C.

Age at time of Death: 77 years old

Burial Place: School Street Cemetery, Lebanon, New Hampshire

Cragin's Response Echoing Lieber’s Concerns on Appointment: “We hear much said about this being a “white man’s Government.” I am for equal rights for all; for “a government of the people, for the people, and by the people.” But if we are to have a white man’s Government, I shall most emphatically insist upon equality among white men. I am not for having white men in the rebel States, with black shadows by their sides, made equal to two or three good men in the other States.”​
 
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